The Political Spectrum

The Political Spectrum

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The Political Spectrum episodes

  • TPS Report - Consume The News, Don't Be Consumed By It | Comparing JD Vance to Obama | Menendez is going down

    JJ introduces us to Allsides.com and walks through the news of the day from Left, Center, and Right perspectives along with other observations.


    • What is the TPS report? One rule, it has to be spontaneous.
    • How does AllSides rank its political bias for common publications. Reviewing the details, JJ thinks Atlantic is more center than it used to be but AP is more left.
    • Jim Geraghty of National Review copies JJ and compares Obama to Vance.
    • JJ discusses the purpose of the podcast. TPS doesn't focus on policy, it observes what's happening.
    • Oren Cass of The Financial Times gets it partially right on JD Vance but doesn't seem to understand what Libertarianism is.
    • JJ loves Eric Cortalessa's name at Time Magazine
    • Cortalessa says Vance ignored his "never Trump" past... this is news?
    • Mainstream news got it right on the JD Vance speech
    • 79% of Dems want Kamala Harris to replace Biden. JJ says there is no other choice, campaign finance law and political expediency both require it.
    • Is this what TPS report should be? JJ asks if viewers want more topics in less depth or keep going as is.
    • Discussing Tenacious D and Jack Black in the light of Kyle Gass comments about Trump assassination attempt.
    • JJ wonders is breaking up the band is going too far but admits he doesn't always know what people should or shouldn't say.
    • Struggling to find news that doesn't relate to the election, skipping Gaza and landing on Sen Menendez. JJ loves Gael Hana's name and asserts that Menendez is not going to be able to serve 200 years in prison.
    • JJ fact checks himself, Menendez is still running.
    • Things look unified in the news for once, maybe the heat is turning down? But JJ's listeners are scared of the outcome of the election.
    • JJ suggests that we should be consumers of the news but not be consume by it, explains purpose of TPS show.
      • 38 min
    • JD Vance Will Be The Next President Who Hasn't Already Been President
      • JJ introduces the podcast and questions whether Autism is a real thing. 
        • Today was Day 3 of the RNC and JD Vance was introduced as the VP candidate. JJ points out that “Vance” and “Pence” are similar sounding names but much different people. 
          • The pundits are underestimating the importance of the VP pick this year, both candidates for President might not make it 4 years in office and will certainly not serve more than one term. 
            • JD Vance is the handpicked successor to Donald Trump and MAGA and was the only possible choice.  
              • JJ talks about Doug Burgum’s contributions to technology and similarity in appearance to Eugene Levy. Today’s politicians are too old to understand the way the world and technology works. Governors from North Dakota have odd names. 
                • JJ wishes that candidates would talk to the people on TV instead of the crowd that is attending in person and says Trump is a bad debate.
                  • Explaining how Vance is the JFK of the GOP and the many parallels between Kennedy and Vance.
                    • Comparing Vance to Obama, Clinton, Reagan, and Vance because voters feel liked by them. JJ thinks Biden doesn't like him but that Obama does and that he and Vance could be friends.
                      • Finally, JJ predicts that Biden will use Covid to step aside and save face.
                        • 41 min

                      About The Political Spectrum

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                      JJ Michaels may or may not be autistic but he will certainly talk about the current news cycle from his own unique perspective. Special episodes include his world famous "TPS Report" where JJ does a…